Parthenon Theatre
5142 S. Hohman Avenue,
Hammond,
IN
46320
5142 S. Hohman Avenue,
Hammond,
IN
46320
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You can still visit The Parthenon Theater in Hammond, Indiana by visiting: www.hhs59.com/parthenon.htm
Click on the movie poster of Cary Grant and you will go inside to watch a movie clip. Pretty clever, eh?
Visit the Hammond Theater District (tab) and see other movies from other Hammond Theaters.
If you have any stories, pictures, etc. to add to this array of Hammond movie houses, please share them with us.
Thank you.
Rich
Several vintage photos of the Parthenon Theatre can be seen on this web page. The text on the page is mostly quoted from Cinema Treasures, so there’s no new information available.
It’s not even a parking lot. It’s a useless grassy area right next to the downtown Hammond overpass.
1976 Photo
1983 Photo
Here is an April 1960 ad from the Hammond Times:
http://tinyurl.com/52sbq9
oops I meant to say I have pictures of the Parthenon
I have few pictures of the Paramount on my Flickr page:http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimschuster/
A Kimball theater organ opus KPO 6569 size 2/11 was installed in the Parthenon Theater in 1921.
You can see the Parthenon Theater marquee in this 1960s photo.
This website has some information on this theater along with stress test photos of the balcony during construction.
Didn’t the Parthenon Theater have an electric clock to the right of the screen and curtains? It had a sort-of sickly green glow to it, making it hard to ascertain the time. Or was the clock at the Paramount down the street? As a child I was fascinated by that clock. Wonder whatever happened to it? Probably either part of the earth now or sold at an antique store… – Bob Marovich
I worked in Hammond back in the 1970’s. I remember when Aerosmith played at this theater. Hammond was a busting town at that time.
Here is a 1940 ad from the Hammond Times:
http://tinyurl.com/yc5x4a
Yes, I own the Console from that instrument.